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You move your mouse too much. Moving your mouse and windows too much indicates that you're not focused on the task at hand. Try not to jump from screen to screen when explaining things. Even if you're trying to explain various connected components. I received this as feedback from a job I had over the summer.

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> You move your mouse too much

This is the third time in as many days I've read that. Is this becoming the go-to excuse for rejecting applicants? I mean, as with all excuses it has a basis in reality -- I'd be bothered enough by an applicant sitting there futzing around with the mouse to have doubts about their technical competence -- and yet it's completely irrelevant to the actual job of a software engineer, which is to stave off manglement long enough to cobble something together.

Lesson learned. Go easy on the mouse. In fact if you don't touch the mouse or keyboard all day you'll be a rock star.

I mean, a lot of senior people here don't touch the mouse or keyboard all day, they're just constantly in meetings, so I think there's some truth to that.

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